On a Whim - Warcry Warbands

[TheBlackCrane]

Normally I'm a historical wargamer who generally likes battles, but, I also have a soft spot for fantasy and sci-fi skimishes, especially the sort which can be 'out of the box' (oh I love coming up with ideas and settings and customised figures and worlds, etc., but I never get anywhere near actually playing when I do that!)

Also jungle-like settings appeal to me, so the aesthetic of the current iteration of Warcry ticked a lot of boxes, as do what seem to be fairly straightforward rules etc. To which end, as a break after a historical project I've finished a third Warcry warband, to go with the two I'd already painted.

Crossbows and Hunting Dogs - what's not to like! Plus they will do rather nicely in any other medievaly-fantasy setting I think

Spiky armoured types - basically fun to paint 

Green and bronze types, with a miniature obelisk - why not? 

I even have a little bit of terrain painted up, and having taken the wise decision to buy a lot of pre-made jungle terrain previously for Ghost Archipelago (another jungly-setting I like but have never got on with) I may even manage to actually get a game in the other side of Christmas...

The crossbow-hutning dog team ('Wildercorps Hunters') are my favourite of the three - and the most recent to be be painted, finished earlier today.

Thanks for looking 

[has.been]

Nice work.
I like skirmish games, the gap between start (bare metal etc.) & playing on table, is nice & small.

[fred]

Great work.

Are these the official models, they really don’t look like the typical GW aesthetic?

[Belligerentparrot]

Very nice painting! I hope you're pleased with them, I would be!

Are these the official models, they really don’t look like the typical GW aesthetic?

All three warbands are official models. The Warcry range keeps the same "weird" (for want of a better word) vibe that a lot of the AoS minis have, but takes it in some different directions.

[TheBlackCrane]

Thanks, yes I am pretty pleased with how they all came out. I have not painted a lot of GW so gradually getting to grips with the style. The hunters definitely came out the best.

Yes the wider AoS aesthetic is definitely 'weird' - very much picked only the warbands I liked the look of for painting, some of them just way too random or odd for me; but hey that is like everything, people like different types of figures 

The other one I like the look of is the Cypher Lords, but seems those are no longer sold with the associated Warcry cards for the game. I don't know where the whole range is going but to be honest it's something I can pull from a box for a quick fantasy fix and I'm not too worried about future updates. Bit like Kill Team, which I may paint a few of inbetween historicals next, too.